Why would I go on about the state educational system without having a lot of knowledge of it? It sounds stupid to flap my gums about the system unless I HAD the experience, doesn't it?
It ain't perfect but then I DIDN'T say that the system was perfect. It's ISN'T better than private schools but then private schools can pick and choose and eliminate by money. The California system is STUCK with every child, rich, poor, stupid, smart, obnoxious, decent, retarded, etc. If it WEREN'T stuck with everyone, think how even BETTER it could be.
You may or may not be in any "teacher" union...but you have the same sound bites.
Not true. There are non-public schools that the students who the public schools can't educate or manage can be sent to. I know - I teach at one.